The Constitution’s Text in Foreign Affairs /

The Constitution’s Text in Foreign Affairs / / Michael D. Ramsey.

This book describes the constitutional law of foreign affairs, derived from the historical understanding of the Constitution's text. It examines timeless and recurring foreign affairs controversies--such as the role of the president and Congress, the power to enter armed conflict, and the power...

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Ramsey, Michael D.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2007]
©2007
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (504 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: A Textual Theory of Foreign Affairs Law
  • I Sources of National Power
  • 1 Do Foreign Affairs Powers Come from the Constitution? Curtiss-Wright and the Myth of Inherent Powers
  • 2 Foreign Affairs and the Articles of Confederation: The Constitution in Context
  • II Presidential Power in Foreign Affairs
  • 3 The Steel Seizure Case and Executive Power over Foreign Affairs
  • 4 Executive Foreign Affairs Power and the Washington Administration
  • 5 Steel Seizure Revisited: The Limits of Executive Power
  • 6 Executive Power and Its Critics
  • III Shared Powers of the Senate
  • 7 The Executive Senate: Treaties and Appointments
  • 8 Goldwater v. Carter: Do Treaties Bind the President?
  • 9 The Non-treaty Power: Executive Agreements and United States v. Belmont
  • IV Congress’s Foreign Affairs Powers
  • 10 Legislative Power in Foreign Affairs: Why NAFTA Is (Sort of) Unconstitutional
  • 11 The Meanings of Declaring War
  • 12 Beyond Declaring War: War Powers of Congress and the President
  • V States and Foreign Affairs
  • 13 Can States Have Foreign Policies? Zschernig v. Miller and the Limits of Framers’ Intent
  • 14 States versus the President: The Holocaust Insurance Case
  • 15 Missouri v. Holland and the Seventeenth Amendment
  • VI Courts and Foreign Affairs
  • 16 Judging Foreign Affairs: Goldwater v. Carter Revisited
  • 17 The Paquete Habana: Is International Law Part of Our Law?
  • 18 Courts, Presidents, and International Law
  • Conclusion: The Textual Structure of Foreign Affairs Law
  • Notes
  • Index

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